Protesters Get a Taste of Their Own Medicine
The Daily Probe - March 1, 2000
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BANGKOK, THAILAND (DPI) - A crowd of cream-pie-wielding protesters
tried to disrupt the meeting of the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development here today, but they were dispersed by riot
police armed with higher-caliber baked goods. The first wave of
protesters was beaten back by a barrage of Edwards Home Style Pecan
Pies, still frozen and in the box. The parallels with silent films
of the 1920's were unmistakable, and since it was only pies,
the bloody wounds inflicted on the rioters were considered humorous,
not hurtful. Good intelligence work by Interpol led to the discovery
of the anti-capitalist Holy Pie Gang's hideout under a bridge in
Bangkok. The bridge and the plywood huts under it were then
destroyed by police using a very, very large walnut cake with double
the walnuts called for in the recipe. Bangkok's Commissioner of
Violent Suppression, Nyortotheen Piyapongromama, surveyed the rubble
where once a village stood and said with a smile, "Somehow these
people think that they can mask their violence by using cream pies.
Those pies hurt. Rest assured that we will meet a tap with a slap,
a slap with a fist, a fist with a log, and if necessary, a pie with
a bakery."
- Reported by Chris Jones
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